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On the recordOctober 5, 1998
And the Senate could take up the bill number that we passed over there and put real reforms in that bill. What we did is wrong because it is a step backwards. But the Senate could change it and pass real patient protections and send it back to us and hopefully we would just concur in the Senate amendments to the bill and it would make it stronger, include an antigag rule, emergency room care and an outside appeals process.
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Al Green
Democratic · Texas

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Discussing potential reforms to a healthcare bill during a House floor debate.

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